壁宿

Chinese

		wall; rampart	(a) night; constellation; lodge for the night (a) night; constellation; lodge for the night; old; former
simp. and trad. (壁宿)		壁	宿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Bìxiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bik¹ sau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Bìxiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Bìsiòu
    • Wade–Giles: Pi⁴-hsiu⁴
    • Yale: Bì-syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Bihshiow
    • Palladius: Бисю (Bisju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bik¹ sau³
    • Yale: bīk sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bik⁷ sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: big¹ seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪk̚⁵ sɐu̯³³/

Proper noun

壁宿

1. (astronomy) the Wall, a Chinese constellation near Pegasus and Andromeda, 14th of the Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八宿 (Èrshíbā Xiù)) and part of the Black Turtle (玄武 (Xuánwǔ)).

Synonyms

• 壁 (bì)